From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Kastrup Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: inputting characters by hexadigit Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 13:11:36 +0200 Message-ID: <86k5fflcev.fsf@lola.quinscape.zz> References: <868ww3vydn.fsf@lifelogs.com> <87myki6fqp.fsf@jurta.org> <87mykhz6tf.fsf@jurta.org> <87tzeokrku.fsf@jurta.org> <87tzeogih6.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <488020A4.4060601@harpegolden.net> <873am6rb8k.fsf@jurta.org> <87r69oqojm.fsf@jurta.org> <48841992.6030604@harpegolden.net> <877ibfipbg.fsf@jurta.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1216638725 8926 80.91.229.12 (21 Jul 2008 11:12:05 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:12:05 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jul 21 13:12:54 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1KKtJp-00055X-Ab for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 21 Jul 2008 13:12:41 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:43443 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KKtIw-000820-0n for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 21 Jul 2008 07:11:46 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KKtIr-00081j-EB for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 21 Jul 2008 07:11:41 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KKtIq-00081D-NV for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 21 Jul 2008 07:11:40 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=49961 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KKtIq-000819-9p for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 21 Jul 2008 07:11:40 -0400 Original-Received: from mail.quinscape.de ([212.29.44.217]:43116) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KKtIp-0006rT-Q8 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 21 Jul 2008 07:11:40 -0400 Original-Received: (qmail-ldap/ctrl 19867 invoked from network); 21 Jul 2008 11:11:37 -0000 Original-Received: from unknown (HELO lola.quinscape.zz) ([10.0.3.43]) (envelope-sender ) by quinx.quinscape.de (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 21 Jul 2008 11:11:36 -0000 Original-Received: by lola.quinscape.zz (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 4BF2F8EEEF; Mon, 21 Jul 2008 13:11:37 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: ("Johan =?iso-8859-1?Q?Bockg=E5rd=22's?= message of "Mon, 21 Jul 2008 13:04:50 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-AntiVirus: checked by AntiVir MailGate (version: 2.1.3-2; AVE: 7.8.1.11; VDF: 7.0.5.143; host: quinx) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:101064 Archived-At: bojohan+news@dd.chalmers.se (Johan Bockg=E5rd) writes: > Juri Linkov writes: > >> To do this we should find only one special key to activate input by >> number. I propose `RET'. > > I suggest C-q. That leaves the user without a reasonable or obvious key combination to insert C-q. >> Currently `C-q RET' inserts "^M". This character is rarely needed to >> insert since more useful line-feed is on `C-q C-j'. And it is more >> natural to insert ^M by using `C-q C-m'. > > RET is C-m. Yes. --=20 David Kastrup